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Talent Dossier

Edward Christopher Sheeran was born on 17 February 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. His early childhood home was on Birchcliffe Road in nearby Hebden Bridge.His father, John, was a curator at Cartwright Hall in Bradford, and his mother, Imogen, worked at Manchester City Art Gallery.In December 1995, he moved with his family from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk, where he attended the independent Brandeston Hall preparatory school (now Framlingham College Prep School),and later Thomas Mills High School, also in Framlingham.He has an older brother named Matthew, who works as a composer. Sheeran's parents, John and Imogen, are from London. His father is Irish,and Sheeran has stated that his father is from a "very large" Catholic family.John is an art curator and lecturer, and Imogen is a culture publicist turned jewellery designer.His parents ran Sheeran Lock, an independent art consultancy, from 1990 to 2010.Sheeran's grandfather was a Belfast Protestant who married a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland during a time of sectarian intolerance.